Chapter 2: Judgement (I couldn't think of a clever name)
So here I am, sitting in the middle Judgement Hq, once Misaka had told Kuroko about my apparent memory loss Kuroko had wasted no time ushering us here even going so far as to teleport a couple of times. I couldn't tell if she was legitimately interested or if she just wanted to get some dirt on me so that she has a reason to get me away from her precious "sissy".
Kuroko is typing away on a computer while Misaka looks over her shoulder. I'm stuck on one of the couches placed in the room. I get up and take a look around, and all I can see are a few more computers. After looking around for a little bit longer (Kuroko and Misaka were too absorbed with their research to notice.) I find a box of armbands. I pick one up, it's striped with a shield in the middle. Come to think of it I'm pretty sure I saw this symbol on the entrance of the building. It must be Judgement's calling card or something.
I begin to hear the door open, in a panic I throw the armband back in the box the put the box back where I found it. I take a look over at the door and find two girls standing there. Both girls appear to be normal enough, one has long black hair and blue eyes while the other has short black hair and golden brownish eyes and are those...flowers? They're both wearing the same of what I can only assume to be a school uniform.
"Sorry for calling you in on your day off Uiharu." Kuroko says to the short haired girl. "And I was looking forward to that sundae too." Uiharu sadly replies. "Tell you what, I'll buy you another one after you guys are done." the long hair girl promises.
After a few more seconds the two girls finally realize that there's someone else in the room. I give a little wave.
"Yeah, he's the reason I called you in." Kuroko states. "What's wrong with him?" Uiharu asks. "Well you see..." Misaka then goes on to describe all that transpired about an hour ago and about how I didn't seem to know anything about academy city despite living in it. "From what research we've done he doesn't seem to have any family ties, but we figured we should get a computer wiz like you to take another look." Kuroko says flatteringly to Uiharu.
"So why are you guys helping me anyway, Judgement seems more like a police force than the boy scouts." I ask. "Judgement does a whole lot more than just apprehending criminals, I learned that the hard way." Misaka replies. The long haired girl sits on the couch adjacent from me, it's pretty apareant that this isn't the first time she's just sat around here while everyone had something important to do.
"I'm Saten Ruiko, nice to meet you." the long hair girl introduces herself. Miska got back to watching Kuroko and Uiharu type away. Saten and I began to talk, it was mostly just small talk. She never once asked me about my amnesia, probably to make me feel more comfortable. I look over and see Kuroko and Uiharu give each other a questioning look.
Out of curiosity and boredom I walk up and look over their shoulders. I see a picture of a girl with blond hair and star shaped eyes. I begin to read the report they have on her.
Name: Shokuhou Misaki
Age: 15
Esper level: 5
Esper Power: Mental Out
Before I could read any further I feel a hand grab onto my shoulder and before I know it I'm back on the couch staring at Saten. It takes me a second to connect the dots. "Just because we let you into the building doesn't mean you can go snooping around." Kuroko scolds. I mumble a couple of not so flattering words.
"Hey I heard about a rumor that if you put a coin into a specific fountain it turns gold. Wanna go check it out?" she asks me. "Um sure." I reply a bit confused and not realizing that she's trying to diffuse the situation.
"Sorry about that. Kuroko can be a bit...intense at times especially when it has something to do with Misaka or Judgement." Saten states. "Well that explains why she hates me." I reply. "We should just give her some time to cool off, she'll warm up to you eventually." Saten says hopefully.
After that Saten and I head towards that fountain she was talking about. Along the way we passed a building with a huge hole in the side of it. "What the hell could've caused that?!" I think to myself. "That's the site of the latest Aluminum bombing" Saten begins as if reading my mind. "The bomber was caught a few days ago thanks to Misaka, she actually saved Uiharu from one of the bombs." She finishes while fumbling with some charm on her bag.
"This the sixteenth quarter we've tried Saten, I seriously don't think it's going to work." I protest. We had eventually made it to the fountain Saten mentioned, we had stayed there for at least an hour. "I guess your right." she replies obviously disappointed. Suddenly her self phone goes off. "Hello, oh alright." I are the onlt bits of conversation I hear. "They want us to come back." Saten says. "Guess they finally figured out what to do with me." I mumble.
"Wait, what, really? I figured this would be more difficult." I say shocked. "Well we can't just leave you out on the street." Misaka replies. "We got judgement to give you an apartment and they'll supply you with enough money to live on." Kuroko continues. "Why would Judgement help out some random kid?" I ask. "We've already said this but Judgement helps people, not just stop criminals. If someone with a situation as unique as yours comes along we can't just say no." Uiharu states. Well guess I'm going to be living in academy city from now on.
Yeah I know that some of the writing in this chapter is a bit stilted, I highly doubt Judgement would just give some of their money to some random person on the street. But I needed to bullshit my way into the plot somehow so just roll with it. I promise that from now on things will be a bit less dues ex machina. Anyway hope you enjoyed the chapter, feel free to comment and all that. P.S If I got Mental out's supposed age wrong feel free to correct me.